footstonen.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌstoʊn/

Forms: see foot n. and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., stone n.

Etymology: < foot n. + stone n.Apparently re-formed in the 18th cent., after headstone n.

1. A pedestal or base; esp. one having a socket or cavity into which a cross is inserted. Now rare.

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the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal

footstoneOE

foot stakea1382

basec1450

pedestal1563

footpath1580

footstall1585

basisa1616

postament1738

footstalk1787

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 131 Basis, syll, uel Fultura, fotstan.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 82 Ðas þing we underwriðað mid þrim swerum, þa synd fægere geciged, swa þa fotstanas wynsumlice geswuteliað þam þe hig sceawiað.

1787 J. Gilchrist Dict. Eng. & Hindoostanee I. App. 12/1 Bedstead, the footstones are called, punpaˌeˌa.

1791 M. A. Meilan Holy Writ Familiarized IV. 199 I should have poured out tears of friendship at the footstones of his cross, while he was yielding up the ghost.

1803 J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Beauties Eng. & Wales V. 20 Ethelwold..caused a ponderous cross of stone to be erected... The socket, or foot-stone, in which it was mortised, remains still.

1858 J. Beldam Origin & Use of Royston Cave 7 The foot-stone, which still exists, is properly described by Stukeley, as ‘a flattish stone, of very great bulk, with a square hole, or mortaise, in the centre.’

1957 Folk-lore 68 418 The Petting Stone there is the socket or footstone of a now-vanished Saxon cross.

2. A stone marking the foot of a grave. Cf. headstone n. 2.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tombstone

gravestone1387

marble?a1400

tombstone1540

headstone1676

footstone1701

1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 45 The Minister..saw the Grave opened, and measured it from the Head to the Foot stone thereof.

1748 J. Wyatt Life & Adventures 139 Instead of a monument, he has only a Head and Foot Stone.

1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 28 Here's neither head nor foot-stone, plate of brass, Cross-bones or skull.

1866 R. Browning Lyrics of Life 40 Headstone and half-sunk footstone lean awry.

1920 S. Lewis Main Street xiv. 168 She suddenly saw the foot-board of the bed as the foot-stone of the grave of love.

1947 R. L. Kincaid Wilderness Road xxi. 307 Nameless and unknown were most of the graves, with no headstones or footstones.

2002 Church Times 12 July 32/4 A good, mismanaged country churchyard where..the footstones vanish and the headstones topple.

3. Architecture. The foundation stone, or lowest supporting stone, of a building or structure.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick

hirne-stonec1000

parpen1252

coin1350

coin-stone1350

angler1365

parpal1369

corner-stonea1382

cunye1387

tuss1412

quoin1532

table stone1554

quoining1562

copestone1567

ground-stone1567

lock bandc1582

quinyie1588

perpender1611

whelmer1618

parpen stone1633

capstone1665

headera1684

through1683

quoin-stone1688

stretcher1693

closer1700

bed-stone1723

coping-brick1725

girder1726

footstone1728

heading brick1731

bossage1736

lewis-hole1740

shoulder1744

headstone1745

pawl1753

tail-bond1776

coping-stone1778

slocking-stone1778

throughband1794

through-stone1797

stretching-bond1805

core1823

keystone1823

tail-binder1828

stretching-stone1833

header brick1841

coign1843

pawl-stone1844

bay-stone1845

bonder1845

pillar-stone1854

bond-piece1862

stretcher-brick1867

toothing-stone1875

bond-stone1879

pierpoint1891

jumper1904

tush1905

padstone1944

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > foundations > parts of

foundation stone1651

touching1663

footstone1728

substrate1730

found1818

air drain1833

damp-course1876

damp-proof course1876

foundation-trench1942

foundation deposit1955

1728 J. Anderson New Bk. Constit. Fraternity Free & Accepted Masons iii. ii. 102 The King levell'd the Footstone of the New Royal-Exchange..on 23 Oct. 1667.

1849 G. Oliver Bk. of Lodge iv. 50 The appointment of a favourable day for levelling the footstone, is a question which occupies the serious attention of the building committee.

1885 C. A. Hulbert Suppl. Ann. Almondbury 167 When it was decided to restore the old Hall, and the work had been commenced, a footstone was discovered which clearly indicated the pitch of the front gables.

1905 Jrnl. Derbyshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 27 187 The end gables of the building itself had moulded copings finished off by moulded footstones.

1994 Appalachian Jrnl. 21 284 And you got the footstone from the Haynes Bank for your own home?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footstone
释义	footstonen. Brit. /ˈfʊtstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌstoʊn/ Forms: see foot n. and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., stone n. Etymology: < foot n. + stone n.Apparently re-formed in the 18th cent., after headstone n. 1. A pedestal or base; esp. one having a socket or cavity into which a cross is inserted. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal footstoneOE foot stakea1382 basec1450 pedestal1563 footpath1580 footstall1585 basisa1616 postament1738 footstalk1787 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 131 Basis, syll, uel Fultura, fotstan. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 82 Ðas þing we underwriðað mid þrim swerum, þa synd fægere geciged, swa þa fotstanas wynsumlice geswuteliað þam þe hig sceawiað. 1787 J. Gilchrist Dict. Eng. & Hindoostanee I. App. 12/1 Bedstead, the footstones are called, punpaˌeˌa. 1791 M. A. Meilan Holy Writ Familiarized IV. 199 I should have poured out tears of friendship at the footstones of his cross, while he was yielding up the ghost. 1803 J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Beauties Eng. & Wales V. 20 Ethelwold..caused a ponderous cross of stone to be erected... The socket, or foot-stone, in which it was mortised, remains still. 1858 J. Beldam Origin & Use of Royston Cave 7 The foot-stone, which still exists, is properly described by Stukeley, as ‘a flattish stone, of very great bulk, with a square hole, or mortaise, in the centre.’ 1957 Folk-lore 68 418 The Petting Stone there is the socket or footstone of a now-vanished Saxon cross. 2. A stone marking the foot of a grave. Cf. headstone n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tombstone gravestone1387 marble?a1400 tombstone1540 headstone1676 footstone1701 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 45 The Minister..saw the Grave opened, and measured it from the Head to the Foot stone thereof. 1748 J. Wyatt Life & Adventures 139 Instead of a monument, he has only a Head and Foot Stone. 1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 28 Here's neither head nor foot-stone, plate of brass, Cross-bones or skull. 1866 R. Browning Lyrics of Life 40 Headstone and half-sunk footstone lean awry. 1920 S. Lewis Main Street xiv. 168 She suddenly saw the foot-board of the bed as the foot-stone of the grave of love. 1947 R. L. Kincaid Wilderness Road xxi. 307 Nameless and unknown were most of the graves, with no headstones or footstones. 2002 Church Times 12 July 32/4 A good, mismanaged country churchyard where..the footstones vanish and the headstones topple. 3. Architecture. The foundation stone, or lowest supporting stone, of a building or structure. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick hirne-stonec1000 parpen1252 coin1350 coin-stone1350 angler1365 parpal1369 corner-stonea1382 cunye1387 tuss1412 quoin1532 table stone1554 quoining1562 copestone1567 ground-stone1567 lock bandc1582 quinyie1588 perpender1611 whelmer1618 parpen stone1633 capstone1665 headera1684 through1683 quoin-stone1688 stretcher1693 closer1700 bed-stone1723 coping-brick1725 girder1726 footstone1728 heading brick1731 bossage1736 lewis-hole1740 shoulder1744 headstone1745 pawl1753 tail-bond1776 coping-stone1778 slocking-stone1778 throughband1794 through-stone1797 stretching-bond1805 core1823 keystone1823 tail-binder1828 stretching-stone1833 header brick1841 coign1843 pawl-stone1844 bay-stone1845 bonder1845 pillar-stone1854 bond-piece1862 stretcher-brick1867 toothing-stone1875 bond-stone1879 pierpoint1891 jumper1904 tush1905 padstone1944 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > foundations > parts of foundation stone1651 touching1663 footstone1728 substrate1730 found1818 air drain1833 damp-course1876 damp-proof course1876 foundation-trench1942 foundation deposit1955 1728 J. Anderson New Bk. Constit. Fraternity Free & Accepted Masons iii. ii. 102 The King levell'd the Footstone of the New Royal-Exchange..on 23 Oct. 1667. 1849 G. Oliver Bk. of Lodge iv. 50 The appointment of a favourable day for levelling the footstone, is a question which occupies the serious attention of the building committee. 1885 C. A. Hulbert Suppl. Ann. Almondbury 167 When it was decided to restore the old Hall, and the work had been commenced, a footstone was discovered which clearly indicated the pitch of the front gables. 1905 Jrnl. Derbyshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 27 187 The end gables of the building itself had moulded copings finished off by moulded footstones. 1994 Appalachian Jrnl. 21 284 And you got the footstone from the Haynes Bank for your own home? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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